Al Kateeb Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kuwait
Highest density in:
Kuwait

Al Kateeb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Kateeb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Al Kateeb Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Al Kateeb Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Al Kateeb is carried by more people in Kuwait than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Al Kateeb? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,432,070th most frequently used surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. Al Kateeb is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Al Kateeb reside; 97 percent reside in West Asia and 88 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

This surname is most prevalent in Kuwait, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 131,058. Beside Kuwait this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 6 percent reside and Syria, where 3 percent reside.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Al Kateeb
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